GWM’s next-generation Haval H6 for Australia is ready to be a bigger mannequin with plug-in hybrid energy.
CarExpert understands the substitute H6 is predicted to come back right here both late in 2024 or early in 2025.
However whereas GWM in China has revealed an up to date model of the present Haval H6, the nameplate is predicted to as a substitute be used on the Haval Xiaolong Max in Australia.
This car was revealed 12 months in the past on the 2023 Shanghai motor present as a “next-gen medium SUV” and “strategic mannequin” for the model, set for introduction to international markets.
It measures 4758mm lengthy, 1895mm broad and 1725mm tall on a 2800mm wheelbase – 103mm longer, 9mm wider and 1mm taller than the present GWM Haval H6 on a 62mm longer wheelbase.
That makes it solely incrementally smaller than a Hyundai Santa Fe, although there are solely two rows of seating.
To date, the Xiaolong Max is obtainable in China solely with plug-in hybrid energy, having debuted the corporate’s new Hi4 expertise.
When the battery runs out, the automotive will operate as a traditional hybrid and GWM claims it has a extra EV-like drive really feel than different plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUVs.
It options an 85kW/140Nm 1.5-litre Atkinson cycle 4 mated with a two-speed hybrid transmission and 70kW/100Nm entrance and 150kW/350Nm rear electrical motors for complete system outputs of 205kW and 585Nm.
There’s a 20kWh battery that may be charged at as much as 33kW on DC energy, whereas claimed WLTC electric-only vary is 83km with gas consumption of 5.5L/100km.
There’s a “sensible system” that may swap between 9 completely different driving modes primarily based on real-time highway circumstances, plus GWM’s Clever Torque Vectoring Management.
In metropolis driving, the Xiaolong Max will swap between pure electrical two-wheel drive, collection hybrid mode, and first-gear direct drive mode to keep away from utilizing the petrol engine. At excessive speeds, it’s going to use the second-gear direct drive mode to maximise effectivity.
Brake power recuperation additionally options within the system, whereas there’s vehicle-to-load expertise that lets you run exterior home equipment with as much as 3.3kW of exterior discharge.
The present Haval H6 doesn’t provide plug-in hybrid energy in Australia, although such a powertrain is obtainable in different markets.
Right here, it’s provided with a alternative of a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine with 150kW and 320Nm, or a turbo 1.5-litre hybrid 4 with complete outputs of 179kW and 530Nm.
It’s unclear what is going to exchange the petrol-powered Haval H6 in Australia, given the Xiaolong Max is for now PHEV-only, although the additionally mid-sized Haval Second-Technology Huge Canine has been spied testing regionally.
Contained in the Xiaolong Max there’s a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, and a further 12.3-inch touchscreen for the passenger. A ten-inch head-up show is obtainable.
Accessible options embody a panoramic sunroof, surround-view digital camera and semi-autonomous parking help.
A full suite of lively security and driver assists can be obtainable which incorporates autonomous emergency braking, lane retaining and centring aids, entrance cross-traffic help and visitors jam help.
Gross sales of the present H6 proceed to develop in our market following the launch of a brand new, third technology in 2021 to exchange the 2015-vintage mannequin recognized in China because the H6 Coupe; we skipped the second-generation mannequin.
Within the first quarter of 2024, GWM offered 2203 Haval H6s and 888 of its H6 GT coupe SUV sibling in Australia, up 6.9 per cent and a couple of.0 per cent on the identical interval in 2023.
Even excluding the associated Haval H6 GT, the Haval H6 managed to outsell the Honda CR-V (1920 gross sales) and Volkswagen Tiguan (1215 gross sales), although it’s nonetheless behind the likes of the Subaru Forester (3583 gross sales) and Hyundai Tucson (4685) in addition to much more in style Japanese and Korean fashions.
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